statistical

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“Jamie and I would talk every day after he brought this role for me. I didn’t want to be measured on VAR,” which stands for “value at risk,” a statistical measure that quantifies financial risk.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

However, the predetermined statistical criterion was not met in the primary endpoint.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Yet, beneath this statistical bounty lies more troubling arithmetic.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

By most statistical measures, I’m an unlikely 23-year-old multimillionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

There are two sorts of errors that can be made in applying this or any statistical test; they’re called, imaginatively enough, Type I and Type II errors.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos